Chromdriver UserData configuration with Selenium - python-3.x

Question

I have this simple function with Selenium
def config():
path = r'C:\Users\George\Desktop\Bot\User Data'
options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('user-data-dir=' + path)
options.add_experimental_option("excludeSwitches", ["enable-automation"])
options.add_experimental_option('useAutomationExtension', False)
options.add_argument('--disable-blink-features=AutomationControlled')
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=r'C:\Users\George\Desktop\Bot\chromedriver.exe', chrome_options=options)
return driver
Which is working fine and as expected, But am making a simple bot to do tasks over a website that require sessions and cookies and so on.
So what I have to make each now and then, Is to copy the real browser User Data from:
C:\Users\George\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data
to my random location
'C:\Users\George\Desktop\Bot\User Data'
And it works fine, The reason am doing this is that I want to avoid login, and have the browser that I work with independent with the bot driver browser, And I Usually keep it laid down and never open while its doing my work.
Question
Is there a way, That I can automatically get the current session instant of copying Files (like get one open tab with all information attached )?
Is there a better way to do this? ( am sure there are plenty of better ways)
Thanks for the help, Any suggestion, Links, Blogs are much appriciated.

Answer 1

You won't be required to copy the real browser User Data from:
C:\Users\George\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data
to:
C:\Users\George\Desktop\Bot\User Data
each now and then if you point user-data-dir to the real google-chrome User Data directory as follows:
def config():
options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
# next line you need to replace the random location with actual browser data location
options.add_argument(r"--user-data-dir=C:\Users\George\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data")
options.add_experimental_option("excludeSwitches", ["enable-automation"])
options.add_experimental_option('useAutomationExtension', False)
options.add_argument('--disable-blink-features=AutomationControlled')
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=r'C:\Users\George\Desktop\Bot\chromedriver.exe', chrome_options=options)
return driver
References
You can find a couple of relevant detailed discussion in:
Selenium: Point towards default Chrome session